Sinking Spring: Brian Tyree Henry to star in crime series with Ridley Scott directing

Brian Tyree Henry is going from the streets of Atlanta to Philadelphia for Sinking Spring, an upcoming crime drama series at Apple TV+. Top Gun: Maverick writer Peter Craig is penning the series for his television debut. In addition to landing an in-demand writer like Craig, Ridley Scott is directing Sinking Spring. The series will be Scott’s most recent television project after the cancelation of Raised By Wolves at HBO Max. Moreover, the duo of Scott and Craig are currently making Gladiator 2, a sequel to the 2000 epic starring Russell Crowe and Joaquin Phoenix.

Sinking Spring is based on the novel Dope Thief by Dennis Tafoya. You can read the official synopsis (via Amazon) below:

Ray and his best friend, Manny, close ever since they met in juvie almost twenty years ago, have a great scam going: With a couple of fake badges and some DEA windbreakers they found at a secondhand store, they pose as federal agents and rip off small-time drug dealers, taking their money and drugs and disappearing before anyone is the wiser. It’s the perfect sting: the dealers they target are too small to look for revenge and too guilty to call the police, nobody has to die, nobody innocent gets hurt, and Ray and Manny score plenty.

But it can’t last forever. Eventually, they choose the wrong mark and walk out with hundreds of thousands of dollars, and a heavy hitter, who is more than willing to kill to get his money back, is coming after them. Now Ray couldn’t care less about the score. He wants out—out of the scam, out of a life he feels like he never chose. Whether the victim of his latest job—not to mention his partner—will let him is another question entirely.

Scott Free Productions is producing under the studio’s first-look TV deal with Apple. In addition to setting up Sinking Spring, Scott is partnering with Apple for Kitbag, a drama starring Joaquin Phoenix as the controversial French political figure Napoleon Bonaparte.

Sinking Spring is another significant role for Henry, who stars alongside Brad Pitt in David Leitch’s action thrill ride, Bullet Train. What do you think about the concept for Scott’s new series? Let us know in the comments.